Intro: C F C F C
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I've been walkin' these streets so long
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Singin' the same old song
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I know every crack in these
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Dirty sidewalks of Broadway
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Where hustle's the name of the game
And nice guys get washed away
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Like the snow and the rain
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There's been a load of compromisin'
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On the road to my horizon
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But I'm gonna be where the lights
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Are shinin' on me
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Like a rhinestone cowboy
Cmaj7
Riding out on a horse
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In a star-spangled rodeo
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Like a rhinestone cowboy
Cmaj7
Getting cards and letters
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From people I don't even know
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And offers comin' over the phone
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Well, I really don't mind the rain
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And a smile can hide all the pain
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But you're down when you're ridin' the train
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That's takin' the long way
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And I dream of the things I'll do
With a subway token
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And a dollar tucked inside my shoe
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There's been a load of compromisin'
F C
On the road to my horizon
F D7
But I'm gonna be where the lights
G
Are shinin' on me
F G C F C
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Cmaj7
Riding out on a horse
C6 C G C G
In a star-spangled rodeo
F G C F C
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Cmaj7
Getting cards and letters
C6 C G
From people I don't even know
G7 F C F G
And offers comin' over the phone
F G C F C
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Cmaj7
Riding out on a horse
C6 C G C G
In a star-spangled rodeo
F G C F C
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Cmaj7
Getting cards and letters
C6 C G
From people I don't even know
G7 F C F G C
And offers comin' over the phone...